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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I gave up added sugar in January and have stuck with it (with the exception being that I choose willful blindness when I go out to eat, meaning avoid obvious sugar/sweet things, but I won't ask whether the fish sauce in my thai tofu and veggie stir fry has added sugar) and have lost a little over 20 pounds.  Granted I had the weight to lose, but by focusing on cutting out all added sugar (note, no carb flu for me - I still eat sweet potatoes and fruit) it was much easier to make healthier choices.[/quote]

You won't get low carb flu because you're not low carb.

Low carb flu is a symptom of your body becoming fat adapted; that means it is your body learning how to burn fat efficiently rather than just carbs.

Most people aren't fat adapted.[/quote]

PP here - yeah, this is what I was trying to say (not very well I guess).  I've done low-carb for significant periods of time in the past and my body has been fat adapted.  I am choosing not to do low carb now.  My point was more that if you're just cuttting added sugar (it's not clear to me whether OP was cutting added sugar or all sugar) it should be really easy to avoid carb flu.  I've been losing weight more slowly (but also much more consistently) cutting all added sugar than I ever did when I went low carb (where I would lose it in bursts and then have long plateaus).[/quote]

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